UK Snooker Championship 2017: Joe Perry pleased with tournament form

2017 UK ChampionshipDate: 28 Nov-10 Dec Venue: York BarbicanCoverage: Watch live across BBC Two, BBC Red Button, Connected TV, the BBC Sport website and mobile app from 2 December.World number 22 Joe Perry says his form in making the fourth round of the UK Championship has been a “vast improvement” on the rest of his season.The Cambridge cueist’s only ranking event quarter-final so far in 2017-18 came in the Riga Masters in June.But the 43-year-old reached the last 16 at the York Barbican with a 6-3 win over world number 44 Kurt Maflin.

“I just haven’t seen a match through from start to finish yet,” Perry, a two-time UK semi-finalist, said.”Luckily people have missed a couple of balls against me – maybe that’s because I have put them under pressure. “I haven’t really been punished for my mistakes. But I am happy with the way I am playing. I am not 100%, I am not flying, but it’s a vast improvement on what I have been doing.”Perry, who will play Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen for a place in the quarter-finals, took the first four frames against Maflin.”The 4-0 scoreline got to me a bit and all I could see was danger signs,” he said. “I was absolutely in control but the interval changed everything. But I I have been solid in the frames I have won.”Mark is a top player. If I stay good in my head, if he plays well and beats me then that’s that.”He has a great temperament. He is pretty good at everything and has been consistent this season. You always have to play well to beat Mark.”
Source: BBC Cambs